Wagon or truck gear.



No. 658,496. Patented sept. 25, 1900.

(No Model.)

'QNI'rED TETES ATENT EEICE,

GLENN T. WILLIS, oE FRESNO, cALIEoRNIAHAsSIcNoR To JAMESv PoRTEoUS, E SAME PLACE.

WAGON 0R TRUCK GEAR.

SPECIFICATION arming part of Letters Patent No. 658,496, dated september 28, 1906. Application filed April 25, 1960. Serial No. 141298. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, GLENN T. WILLIS, acitizen of the United States, residing at Fresno, county of Fresno, and State of California,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wagon or Truck Gear; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention relates to vehicle-gears es- Io pecially adapted for wagons and trucks.

It consists in the novel constructions which I shall hereinafter describe and claim.

The objects of my invention are simplicity and ease of construction and lightness with Strength.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of the front gear. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the rear gear.

A, Fig. l, is the front gear of wagon, truck,

2o or other vehicle. It consists of a steel axlebar ct and a steel truss-bar ct', upon the latter of which the bolster or head block is supposed to rest and to be connected by the usual king-bolt. Upon the extremities of both steel bars a and a are the cast-iron pieces, each piece forming an axle-journal'a2 and a standard a3. These castings are cast directly upon the steel bars, the ends of the latter being split, as shown by dotted lines,

3o which is the usual practice when castings are cast on steel, the object being to prevent loosening of the parts. The axle-bal` c, as will be seen by its dotted extremities, has the journal part co2 of the casting cast upon it,

3 5 While each end of the truss-bar o/ has the standard a3 cast upon it.

In Fig. 2, B is the rear gear. This construction is similar to the front gear. Thus b is the steel axle-bar, b is the steel cross- 4o bar or truss to support the vehicle-bed, b2 is the axle-journal part of the casting cast on the axle-bar ends, and b3 is the standard part of the casting cast on the truss-bar ends.

Although I have here shown the castingsas each composed of a journal part and a standard part and as being cast upon and uniting the corresponding ends of the two steel bars, I do not coniine myself to this exact and full construction, for in some cases the steel truss or supporting bar ofthe gearI may be bolted 5d or secured to the standard part of the casting by means other than by casting said cast# ing upon it. Also it will be seen that in order' to insure the necessary strength I have shown the end of the axle-bar as extending 5'5 a sufficient distance into the journal part of the casting beyond .the collar-liange to provide a resistance to strain equal to both the steel bar and the casting. When strength of axle alone is required, the castings may 6o consist only of the journal parts, leaving the standards to be otherwise constructed.

This construction of parts results in ease and economy of manufacture, avoiding all threads and bolts; and it gives lightness with strength and with proper wearing-surface for the journals.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to Secure by Letters Patent, is 7o l. A vehicle-gear consisting of a steel axlebar,a Separate steel truss-bar above the axlebar and forming a support for the vehiclebed, and castings, each formed with a journal part suitably secured upon the end of the axle-bar, and a standard part suitably secured to the end of the truss-bar.

2. A vehicle-gear consisting of a steel axlebar, and a separate steel truss-bar above the axle-bar and forming a support for the ve- 8o hicle-bed, and castings, each formed with a journal part cast directly upon the end of the axle-bar, and a standard part suitably secured to the end of the truss-bar.

3. A vehicle-gear consisting of a steel axlebar, and a steel truss or supporting bar, and castings cast directly, one on one end of the two steel bars, and one on the other end thereof, said castings being each formed with a journal part cast upon the axle-bar extrem- 9o ity, and a standard part cast upon the truss or supporting bar extremities.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand. y

GLENN T. WILLIS.

Witnesses:

WV. J. KETTRELL, W. T. PORTER. 

